The other day, i was walking down the street with a friend of mine. A supposedly super-dashing, handsome dude passed and my friend was awed with her mouth open, the flies ready to take a abode there. Not to say that i didn’t appreciate the guy, he was just OK. Sometimes, when i fail to acknowledge the fact that a person is “good-Looking”, “beautiful” or “handsome”, i question myself, “Am I normal?” because people keep appreciating the same thing, and i tend to ignore it completely...

Anyway, later that day (the day my friend was head-over-heels for the guy),i was wondering “Is beauty actually skin deep?” For many, a flower is beautiful because it is beautiful from the outside. However, many forget the fact that a flower is also beautiful because it is the creation of nature. A seed transforms itself into a plant, plant gives birth to a bud and the bud is ultimately sprouted as a flower: some flowers come as white, some as red, some pink, some blue, some orange, and so many more....However, i don’t know how many times people marvel over the miracle that comes with the flowers....that’s what is the inner beauty for me.. When i look at a flower, rather than just appreciate the outward beauty, i can’t help but appreciate the “fragrance that the flower spreads around it.”

The same is with people...A beautiful person for me is the one who is beautiful from inside, who is compassionate, a good listener, understanding.. blah.. blah...I would never want to be with a person who is drop-dead handsome but a complete jerk...For me, there is more to beauty than that meets the observer’s eyes.

However, the notion is changing today. My sister keeps commenting on the way I dress, the way my hair has been styled, or the kind of accessories I use. I don’t know but I feel that I have surpassed the younger generation (though I am just in my early 20s). I feel sorry that beauty has been traded as something that is on the outside. Being beautiful from within has lost its charm, but for me of course, it still is the “in” thing and it always will be. I would like to know more people who think the way I do, and endorse the things I have said…

Until next…please appreciate the inner beauty in a person.…As the cliché goes, the appearance will fade one day….